The Springfield can be bought off the wall, obtained via the Mystery Box, and Console Commands. It can be found with and without a sniper scope. Without the scope, the Springfield is one of the worst weapons in Zombies, not even having the one hit kill ability on round 1. With a scope, the Springfield redeems itself by having increased power, and having a one-hit kill ability until about round 5.

If obtained by Console Commands in Der Riese, the Springfield can be Pack-a-Punched and supposedly performs exactly like the Pack-a-Punched Kar98k, like all other bolt-action rifle obtained by Console Commands.